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' Former for Paper Bag Machines.

v Patented May 10,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL APPEL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO HIMSELF AND NEWTON W.TAYLOR, OF SAME PLACE.

FORMER FOR PAPER-BAG MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,113, dated May 10,1881.

Application filed October 4,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, DANIEL APPEL, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahogaand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFormers for Paper-Bag Machines; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use itreference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to paperbag machinery, and more particularly tothat class of paper-bag machines that are adapted for making the squarebag provided with side folds or plications; and it consists in animproved form er, by means of which and suitable guides the side foldsof the tube are made as the papcris drawn over and about the former.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of my improvedformer. Fig. 2 is a view of the same surrounded by paper and indicatingthe manner in which the plicated tube is made. Fig. 3 is an isometricView of the completed tube.

In the said drawings, A represents a former, which may be constructed ofany material, but preferably of sheet metal.

B B indicatelateral upturned lips or tongues, formed preferably from aportion of the former A. The distance between theselips or tongues B Bshould be about equal to the width of the seam and the width of eachequal to about one-half the width of the side of the bag.

O O are slots or grooves in the former, which permit the passage of theplications, after they are made, to the upper side of the former.

D D E E are fingers or guides for holding the paper in close contactwith the former. The direction the paper is drawn over the former isindicated by the arrows. The office of the fingers or guides D D is tocrease or markthe paper upon the line upon which the plications or sidefolds are made. These are situated preferably a short distance back fromthe upturned lips B B. As the paper is drawn forward that portion of thetube forming the side plications or folds passes underneath the lips BB, and passes out from under the frame at the openings O 0.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my device, whatI claim is- 1. A former, A, having upturned lips or tongues B B,substantially as and for the purposes shown.

2. In combination with a former, A, having upturned lips B B, guides DI) E E, substantially as and for the purposes shown.

3. In combination with a former, A, having upturned lips B B, andopenings 0 0, guides D D E E, substantially as and for the purposesshown.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL APPEL.

Witnesses:

J NO. ORowELL, J r., ALBERT E. LYNCH.

